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US 2016/0038348 A1Published application
Oral hygiene swab
AssigneeIntersurgical AG
InventorsChristopher Edgerley BOOTH, Matthew James William LEARY
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Abstract
There is provided an oral hygiene swab (10) for a patient. The swab has a stem (12) formed of a first relatively rigid material and a head portion (14) formed of a second relatively softer material overmoulded onto said stem. The second material of the head portion is shaped to provide outwardly protruding cleaning formations (32, 36) for contact with the patient's mouth. The swab may be a suction swab and the stem may have a hollow interior.
Claims24
An oral hygiene swab for a patient, the swab having:
- a stem comprising a first relatively rigid material;
- and
- a head portion comprising a second relatively softer material moulded onto said stem,
- wherein the second material of the head portion is shaped to provide cleaning formations for contact with the patient's mouth.
1 more element
A method of manufacturing an oral hygiene swab, the method comprising:
- moulding a stem of a first relatively rigid material,
- overmoulding a head portion of a second relatively softer material onto said stem,
- wherein the mould for the second material is shaped to define cleaning formations in the head portion formed of said second material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.